Indian Police Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers

New Delhi police have a new weapon in the battle against bad drivers, Facebook. Two months ago the police created a Facebook page that allowed people to inform on others breaking traffic laws, and upload pictures of the violations. The page has more than 17,000 fans, and 3,000 pictures currently. From the article: "The online rap sheet was impressive. There are photos of people on motorcycles without helmets, cars stopped in crosswalks, drivers on cellphones, drivers in the middle of illegal turns and improperly parked vehicles. Using the pictures, the Delhi Traffic Police have issued 665 tickets, using the license plate numbers shown in the photos to track vehicle owners, said the city’s joint commissioner of traffic, Satyendra Garg."

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Re:Come on, this is a GOOD thing...

[BangaIorean]

"Oh, well since you don't know photoshop, naturally that means that very, very few people know how to use it."

I didn't say that - read the complete post next time. Anyway, what's your point? That a majority of people on the street know photoshop? Really? Try this: talk to two random truck drivers, two random shopkeepers, two random cabbies, two random pedestrians and tworandom guys dressed in a business suit. Ask them if they can photoshop images. In a big city in the US you might find one person out of those who answers in the affirmative. In India it'd be more like 1 out of 20 in a big city. Are you disputing this?